Awards

Michael Bennett

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13 wins & 8 nominations

New Zealand Film and TV Awards (I)

2007 Nominee TV Award
- Best Director - Drama/Comedy
- Outrageous Fortune
2001 Winner Film Award
- Best Short Film Screenplay
- Cow
1997 Winner TV Award
- Best Script, Single Episode of a Drama Series or Serial
- Cover Story
Joint winners
Shared with: Ken Duncum

Toronto International Film Festival

2010 Nominee Contemporary World Cinema Award
- Best Film
- Matariki

Brussels International Independent Film Festival

2011 Nominee Grand Prize
- International Competition
- Matariki
2011 Winner Best Direction
- International Competition
- Matariki

British Film Institute Awards

1994 Nominee Short Film Award
- Short Film
- Michelle's Third Novel
Shared with: Karryn de Cinque

New Zealand Film and TV Awards (II)

2011 Nominee Film Award
- Outstanding Feature Film Debut
- Matariki

Qantas Television Awards

2011 Nominee Qantas Television Award
- Best Screenplay (Television)
- Kaitangata Twitch

Julien Dubuque International Film Festival

2019 Nominee Best Narrative Feature Film
- Best Narrative Feature Film
- In Dark Places
Shared with: Jane Holland · Kelly Martin · Chris Bailey

BronzeLens Film Festival, Atlanta, US

2020 Winner Best International Feature Film
- Best International Feature Film
- In Dark Places
Shared with: Jane Holland · Chloe Smith · Kelly Martin · Chris Bailey

New Zealand Writers Guild Awards (SWANZ)

2013 Winner SWANZ
- Best Factual Script
- The Confessions of Prisoner T
2011 Winner SWANZ
- Best Feature Film Script
- Matariki
Shared with: Gavin Strawhan

Latitude Film Awards

2020 Winner Gold Award
- BEST FEATURE FILM
- In Dark Places
Shared with: Jane Holland · Chloe Smith · Kelly Martin · Chris Bailey
2020 Winner Silver Award
- Best Directing
- In Dark Places

Dreamspeakers International Film Festival

2012 Winner Festival Award
- Best Feature
- Matariki

Wairoa Maori Film Festival

2015 Winner Mana Wairoa Award
- Mana Wairoa Award
- The Confessions of Prisoner T
Shared with: Catherine Fitzgerald
2011 Winner Best Aotearoa Feature Drama or Documentary
- Best Aotearoa Feature Drama or Documentary
- Matariki

NZ TV Awards

2019 Winner Best Director
- Best Director
- In Dark Places
2019 Winner Best Feature Drama
- Best Feature Drama
- In Dark Places
Shared with: Jane Holland · Chloe Smith · Kelly Martin · Chris Bailey
2019 Nominee Best Script
- Best Script
- In Dark Places
Shared with: Jane Holland

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